It beeps when it's done.
It beeps when you press the button.
It beeps when you place it on the base.
But today, it beeps no more.
I classify this as a repair.
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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Next, remove the stupid loud beep from the smoke detectors.
I mostly solved that by not having fires often.
I would love if that was enough. My fire-and-spider detecor is very loud.
Ah, my dust detectors wake up the kids, myself and the neighbour's dog.
Aaaargh, this hits too close to home. I gave up on the pause-every-10-minutes at 3 am on the last one and drowned the sumbitch in the old diaper bucket...
Smart. Need to remember that.
Nooo, not my precious alarm clock... it's the only thing that still works for me. I always manage to sleep through the loudest alarm volume on two different phones, regardless of whatever tones or music I choose. Not even El Sonidito works anymore.
I'll be dead (metaphorically, at the least) if the smoke detector stops beeping for me :(